SC11585 CAS:53-39-4

Product Description

Product name:Oxandrolone

CAS:53-39-4

MF:C19H30O3

MW:306.44

Description: Oxandrolone is an anabolic steroid, a testosterone analog with ten times the anabolic activity but one-tenth of the androgenic activity of testosterone. Research into its use in burn injury for preventing loss or restoring muscle mass has been going on since the mid-1990s. Demling found that patients in the rehabilitation phase on an exercise programme, oxan- drolone and a high protein diet gained more body weight than those on an exercise programme and normal or high protein diet. Oxandrolone was effective in older adults, over 60 years, as well as in younger adults. This is important in light of the difficulties older adults face due to loss of lean body mass.

The use of oxandrolone, an analog of testosterone possessing only 5% of testosterone's virilizing androgenic effects, enhances anabolism of muscle protein by improving the efficiency of protein synthesis in severely burned children. Oxandrolone administration decreases loss of body weight and improves healing of the donor site wound. In a large clinical trial by our group, 0.1 mg/kg oxandrolone administered twice daily reduced length of the acute hospitalization, sustained LBM, and improved liver protein synthesis. Severely burned pediatric patients receiving oxandrolone for 1 year experienced improved growth, decreased cardiac work, and improved muscle strength. Oxandrolone treatment also improved lung function at rest and during exercise in this patient population. These improvements were maintained for up to 4 years after treatment had ended. The benefits of oxandrolone administration after burn injury were further enhanced when the treatment period was increased from 1 to 2 years.

Oxandrolone is a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid. It is a 17 alpha-methylated version of dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It can be used for the treatment of many kinds of disorders such as idiopathic short stature, body mass loss due to catabolic illness, severe burns, trauma and hereditary angioedema as well as turner syndrome. Oxandrolone is especially effective in the treatment of severe burns without causing obvious side effects. It acts as an agonist of the androgen receptor, which modulates related gene expression to increase protein synthesis, further boosting muscle growth and increasing body mass as well as bone mineral density. However, it should be noted that its androgenic effect is less than its anabolic effect.